The sleeping dogs silence. | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Sonnet
  4. The sleeping dogs silence.

The sleeping dogs silence.

March 13, 2014
By Opticalillusion DIAMOND, Edenton, North Carolina
More by this author
Opticalillusion DIAMOND, Edenton, North Carolina
64 articles 13 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am an artist bound only for the poet's glory....But only achieve half of the success that my dreams aspire to find, And to what do the whispers tell me of this failure...To what end to they haunt my nightmares...my eternal dark dreams...

View profile

The birds halted their melodies,
the air was morbid on that sorrow some day,
the silence in itself was deafening,
the silence that only sleeping dogs portray.
the sun turned its back on my world,
the river slowed its pace,
the silence was dreadful and cold,
the silence that only sleeping dogs portray.
The hooded one came to claim his prize,
the cold but beneficial fate,
the silence of when the dogs are euthanized,
the silence that only sleeping dogs portray.

The silence of the dogs sleeping,

The silence only broken by my hearts weeping.

© Alyssa S., Bethesda, MD

The author's comments:
This was written to express my feelings of the faimly dog who was also my best friend, put down for his horrendous spinal corruptions, R.I.P Barly you loving golden mutt.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Dearest, I Love you
By haileewrites SILVER
Clark, New Jersey
haileewrites SILVER, Clark, New Jersey
8 articles 1 photo 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
I lost the game.

View profile
Poetry
Shall I compare thee to a piece of toast?
By thestoryofme163 SILVER
Fairfield, Connecticut
thestoryofme163 SILVER, Fairfield, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments
View profile
Poetry
Best Freind
By babymama888 SILVER
Shaker Heights, Ohio
babymama888 SILVER, Shaker Heights, Ohio
5 articles 0 photos 36 comments
View profile
Poetry
Peace Tree
By Anonymous
Poetry
The Dance
By isabelc1011 SILVER
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
isabelc1011 SILVER, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Though much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." -Lord Alfred Tennyson

View profile
Poetry
I Am Poem
By Anonymous

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.